Lonely Boy (Paul Anka song)

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1959 single by Paul Anka

"Lonely Boy"

Single by Paul Anka

B-side

"Your Love"

Released

May 11, 1959

Recorded

August 27, 1958

Studio

Bell Sound (New York City)

Genre

Pop

Length

2:31

Paul Anka singles chronology

"I Miss You So"
(1959)

"Lonely Boy"
(1959)

"Put Your Head on My Shoulder"
(1959)

"Lonely Boy" is a song written and recorded by Paul Anka. Recorded in August 1958 with Don Costa's orchestra in New York, "Lonely Boy" was not released until May 11, 1959. Anka also sang this song in the film Girls Town, which was released in October 1959. When released as a single, it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks, becoming Anka's first song to do so, although he had earlier topped Billboard's Best Sellers in Stores chart with "Diana". Billboard ranked it as No. 5 for 1959. The song reached No. 2 in the Canadian CHUM Charts.

In 2007, "Lonely Boy" appeared on the Classic Songs (greatest hits) disc of Anka's album Classic Songs, My Way. In 2018, the song was listed at number 235 on the 60th Anniversary of the Billboard Hot 100.

References

"ABC-Paramount 10022". Retrieved 29 May 2021.
Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 12 – Big Rock Candy Mountain: Rock 'n' roll in the late fifties. [Part 2]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 30.
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959
"CHUM Top 20 Singles – June 29, 1959".
"Classic Songs My Way: Paul Anka: Amazon.ca: Music". Amazon.ca. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
"Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

v t e Paul Anka
Discography
Albums	Paul Anka 3 Great Guys 30th Anniversary Collection Amigos Rock Swings Classic Songs, My Way
Singles	"Diana" "You Are My Destiny" "Crazy Love" "Lonely Boy" "Put Your Head on My Shoulder" "It's Time to Cry" "Puppy Love" "My Home Town" "Hello Young Lovers" "In the Still of the Night" "Do I Love You" "(You're) Having My Baby" "One Man Woman/One Woman Man" "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" "Times of Your Life" "Hold Me 'Til the Mornin' Comes"
Songs	"Send for Me" "Everything's Been Changed" "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" "Johnny's Theme" "My Way" "She's a Lady" "This Is It" "(I'm Watching) Every Little Move You Make"
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Solo albums	The Donny Osmond Album To You with Love, Donny Portrait of Donny Too Young Alone Together A Time for Us Donny Disco Train Donald Clark Osmond Donny Osmond Eyes Don't Lie The Soundtrack of My Life
Compilation albums	My Best to You
Songs	"Sweet and Innocent" "Go Away Little Girl" "Hey Girl" "Puppy Love" "Too Young" "Why" "The Twelfth of Never" "Young Love" "A Million to One" "When I Fall in Love" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?" "C'mon Marianne" "(You've Got Me) Dangling on a String" "Soldier of Love" "Sacred Emotion" "My Love Is a Fire" "I'll Make a Man Out of You" "Breeze On By"
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